A love triangle forms among three adolescent girls who meet at a local pool over summer break and each desires the love of another.A love triangle forms among three adolescent girls who meet at a local pool over summer break and each desires the love of another.A love triangle forms among three adolescent girls who meet at a local pool over summer break and each desires the love of another.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 7 nominations total
Marie Gili-Pierre
- La caissière
- (as Marie Gili Pierre)
Christophe Vandevelde
- Type boîte
- (as Chrisophe Vandevelde)
Céline Sciamma
- McDonald's Cashier
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActress Adèle Haenel came out at the French Academy Awards in 2013 by thanking her girlfriend, filmmaker Celine Sciamma, whom she met while making this movie.
- GoofsWhen Marie first gets into the water, invited by Floriane, Marie's hair is already wet.
- ConnectionsReferences Donkey Skin (1970)
- SoundtracksNaissance des pieuvres
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Featured review
Also known as "Water Lilies" this film tells the story of two girls as they struggle their way into the world of love and sex. This story is told at a slow pace and that works very well. It gives plenty of time and space to get to know the different characters and to grow somewhat attached to them.
Using a small cast puts some extra pressure on the people playing as they all have some more screen time than normal but the people playing in this film handle that well. Everyone is completely believable. Visual setting is great, especially the underwater shots in the swimming pool add a nice effect.
Many films have been made about the same subject though and this one does not really stand out above any of them. It pulls some "standard" pressure methods out of the high hat and works on them. It isn't bad, not at all, but it surely isn't great either and I do feel it could have done better if it had taken some what less explored angles.
7 out of 10 synchronous swimmers
Using a small cast puts some extra pressure on the people playing as they all have some more screen time than normal but the people playing in this film handle that well. Everyone is completely believable. Visual setting is great, especially the underwater shots in the swimming pool add a nice effect.
Many films have been made about the same subject though and this one does not really stand out above any of them. It pulls some "standard" pressure methods out of the high hat and works on them. It isn't bad, not at all, but it surely isn't great either and I do feel it could have done better if it had taken some what less explored angles.
7 out of 10 synchronous swimmers
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Водяні лілії
- Filming locations
- Ville nouvelle, Cergy, Val-d'Oise, France(most scenes and exteriors)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $85,440
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,418
- Apr 6, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $628,258
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